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A force transducer from a junk electronic balance

Horacio Munguía Aguilar and Francisco Armenta Aguilar

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It is shown how the load cell from a junk electronic balance can be used as a force transducer for physics experiments. Recovering this device is not only an inexpensive way of getting a valuable laboratory tool but also very useful didactic work on electronic instrumentation. Some experiments on mechanics with this transducer are possible after a careful calibration and proper conditioning.


PACS

01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus

07.07.Mp Transducers

84.30.Le Amplifiers

06.20.fb Standards and calibration

Subjects

Electronics and devices

Instrumentation and measurement

Education and communication

Dates

Issue 6 (November 2009)

Received 29 July 2009



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